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1.1 deraadt 18: This is the OpenBSD 2.6 release errata & patch list:
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22: <hr>
1.9 jason 23: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 24: <br>
1.22 deraadt 25: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 26: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
27: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
28: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
29: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
30: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
31: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
32: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
33: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
34: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
35: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 36: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 37: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 38: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 39: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 40: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.40 deraadt 41: <br>
1.33 deraadt 42: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 deraadt 43: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 44: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 45: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 46: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 deraadt 47: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 deraadt 48: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.42 deraadt 49: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.43 deraadt 50: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.44 deraadt 51: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.46 deraadt 52: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.47 miod 53: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.48 ! nick 54: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
! 55: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>.
1.21 deraadt 56: <br>
1.1 deraadt 57: <hr>
58:
1.45 sthen 59: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6.tar.gz">
1.1 deraadt 60: You can also fetch a tar.gz file containing all the following patches</a>.
61: This file is updated once a day.
62:
1.10 ericj 63: <p>
1.23 deraadt 64: For more detailed information on how to install patches to OpenBSD, please
1.10 ericj 65: consult the <a href="./faq/faq10.html#10.14">OpenBSD FAQ</a>.
66:
1.1 deraadt 67: <hr>
1.27 henning 68: <a name="all"></a>
69: <h3><font color="#e00000">All architectures</font></h3>
1.12 jufi 70: <ul>
1.27 henning 71: <li><a name="semconfig"></a>
72: <font color="#009000"><strong>024: SECURITY FIX: May 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.7 deraadt 73: Kernel contained an undocumented system call used to lock semaphore operations
74: while they were being sampled by the ipcs(1) command. This locking could be
1.8 deraadt 75: used as a local denial of service attack which would block the exiting of
76: processes which had semaphore resources allocated. Processes not using
77: semaphores are not affected, so the actual effect is very minimal.<br>
1.45 sthen 78: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/024_sysv_sem.patch">
1.7 deraadt 79: A jumbo patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
80: <p>
1.27 henning 81: <li><a name="ipf"></a>
82: <font color="#009000"><strong>023: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.14 horacio 83: A misuse of ipf(8)
1.4 kjell 84: <i>keep-state</i> rules can result in firewall rules being
1.5 deraadt 85: bypassed.
86: This patch also includes fixes for an unaligned timestamp issue,
1.4 kjell 87: and reliability fixes for ipmon and the in-kernel ftp proxy.<br>
1.45 sthen 88: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/023_ipf.patch">
1.4 kjell 89: A jumbo patch exists</a>, which remedies this problem, and updates ipf
90: to version 3.3.16.
91: <p>
1.27 henning 92: <li><a name="xlockmore"></a>
93: <font color="#009000"><strong>022: SECURITY FIX: May 25, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.2 deraadt 94: xlockmore has a localhost attack against it which allows recovery of the encrypted
95: hash of the root password. The damage to systems using DES passwords from this
96: attack is pretty heavy, but to systems with a well-chosen root password under
97: blowfish encoding
1.24 naddy 98: (see <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=crypt&sektion=3">
1.2 deraadt 99: crypt(3)</a>)
100: the impact is much reduced.<br>
101: (Aside: We do not consider this a localhost root hole in the default install,
102: since we have not seen a fast blowfish cracker yet ;-)<br>
1.45 sthen 103: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/022_xlockmore.patch">
1.6 deraadt 104: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem. This is the 2nd patch designed to solve this problem.</a>
1.2 deraadt 105: <p>
1.27 henning 106: <li><a name="rzsz"></a>
107: <font color="#009000"><strong>021: RZSZ SNOOPING: Jan 31, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 108: The rzsz port was removed from the ports collection, as it collects and
109: sends user information to a designated email address, effectively spying on
110: you. <em>It is recommended that you remove this package if you installed
111: it</em>.
112: <p>
1.27 henning 113: <li><a name="syslog"></a>
114: <font color="#009000"><strong>020: LIBRARY IMPROVEMENT: Jan 26, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 115: syslog(3) would not try to reopen the socket, thus, nightly newsyslog(8)
116: would cause syslogd(8) to not see new messages.
1.45 sthen 117: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/020_syslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 118: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
119: <p>
1.27 henning 120: <li><a name="nsphy"></a>
121: <font color="#009000"><strong>019: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 122: Intel fxp cards with National Semiconductor PHYs (nsphy) have trouble
123: negotiating and maintaining 100Mb link integrity.<br>
1.45 sthen 124: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/019_nsphy.patch">
1.1 deraadt 125: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
126: <p>
1.27 henning 127: <li><a name="procfs"></a>
128: <font color="#009000"><strong>018: SECURITY FIX: Jan 20, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 129: Systems running with procfs enabled and mounted are vulnerable
130: to having the stderr output of setuid processes directed onto
131: a pre-seeked descriptor onto the stack in their own procfs memory.<br>
132: Note that procfs is not mounted by default in OpenBSD.<br>
1.45 sthen 133: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/018_procfs.patch">
1.1 deraadt 134: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
135: <p>
1.27 henning 136: <li><a name="aty2k"></a>
137: <font color="#009000"><strong>015: Y2K FIX: Jan 9, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 138: The at(1) command was unable to parse some kinds of dates.<br>
1.45 sthen 139: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/015_aty2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 140: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
141: <p>
1.27 henning 142: <li><a name="addusery2k"></a>
143: <font color="#009000"><strong>013: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 144: A minor problem in the logging support for the adduser(8) command.<br>
1.45 sthen 145: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/013_addusery2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 146: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
147: <p>
1.27 henning 148: <li><a name="3c900b"></a>
149: <font color="#009000"><strong>012: DRIVER IMPROVEMENT: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 150: The 3C900B-TPO fails to select the correct media type (it never sees or
151: sends packets).<br>
1.45 sthen 152: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/012_3c900b.patch">
1.1 deraadt 153: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
154: <p>
1.27 henning 155: <li><a name="poll"></a>
156: <font color="#009000"><strong>011: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 157: Various bugs in poll(2) may cause a kernel crash.<br>
1.45 sthen 158: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/011_poll.patch">
1.1 deraadt 159: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
160: <p>
1.27 henning 161: <li><a name="sendmail"></a>
162: <font color="#009000"><strong>010: SECURITY FIX: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 163: Sendmail had a race in aliases file handling, which this patch fixes.<br>
1.45 sthen 164: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/010_sendmail.patch">
1.1 deraadt 165: A source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
166: <p>
1.27 henning 167: <li><a name="atapijumbo"></a>
168: <font color="#009000"><strong>009: DRIVER IMPROVEMENTS: Dec 4, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 169: Various improvements have been made to the IDE/ATAPI subsystem since
170: the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
171: Some of these improvements make some recalcitrant devices work much better.
1.45 sthen 172: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/009_atapi.patch"><br>
1.1 deraadt 173: Revision 1 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
174: <p>
1.27 henning 175: <li><a name="sslUSA"></a>
176: <font color="#009000"><strong>016: SECURITY FIX: Dec 2, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 177: A buffer overflow in the RSAREF code included in the
178: USA version of the libssl package (called <strong>sslUSA</strong>, is
179: possibly exploitable in isakmpd if SSL/RSA features
180: are enabled or used.<br>
1.24 naddy 181: <a href="http://www.openssh.com">OpenSSH</a> and httpd (with -DSSL) are not
1.1 deraadt 182: vulnerable.<br>
183: <strong>NOTE: International users using the ssl26 package are not affected.</strong>
184: <p>
185: To check what package you are using, use
186: <pre>
187: <b>#</b> pkg_info sslUSA26
188: </pre>
189: The patched library says:<br>
190: "ssl26.1 USA-only non-commercial crypto libs incl. SSL & RSA"
191: <p>
192: Non-commercial USA users who installed the ssl package before December 3
193: should upgrade their <strong>sslUSA26</strong> package using:<br>
194: <pre>
195: <b>#</b> pkg_delete sslUSA26
196: <b>#</b> pkg_add -v sslUSA26.tar.gz
197: </pre>
198: Using the new <strong>sslUSA26.tar.gz</strong> files which have been placed
199: on the FTP mirrors.<br>
200: <a href=advisories/sslUSA>For more information, see the advisory</a>.<br>
201: <strong>NOTE: this problem turned out to not be unexploitable in OpenSSH.</strong>
202: <p>
1.27 henning 203: <li><a name="fortran"></a>
204: <font color="#009000"><strong>017: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 14, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 205: Fortran doesn't work right. The file /usr/include/g2c.h is missing in the
206: release.<br>
1.45 sthen 207: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/008_fortran.patch">
1.1 deraadt 208: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a><br>
209: The patch fixes the source tree and describes how to properly add
1.45 sthen 210: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/g2c.h">
1.1 deraadt 211: the include file</a> to your system.
212: <p>
1.27 henning 213: <li><a name="sshjumbo"></a>
214: <font color="#009000"><strong>005: FUNCTIONALITY ADDITION: Nov 11, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 215: Various OpenSSH improvements have been made since the 2.6 release shipped.<br>
216: To resolve the various (non-security related) features which users may want,
217: we are making a jumbo patch available. <strong>This is now at VERSION FOUR.</strong><br>
1.45 sthen 218: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/005_sshjumbo.patch">
1.1 deraadt 219: Revision 4 of this jumbo source code patch exists.</a><br>
220: <strong>NOTE: /etc/sshd_config and /etc/ssh_config may need changes.</strong>
221: <p>
1.27 henning 222: <li><a name="m4"></a>
223: <font color="#009000"><strong>003: FUNCTIONALITY FIX: Nov 10, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 224: m4 is quite broken in the 2.6 release.<br>
1.45 sthen 225: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/003_m4.patch">
1.1 deraadt 226: The 3rd version of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
227: <p>
1.27 henning 228: <li><a name="ifmedia"></a>
229: <font color="#009000"><strong>002: SECURITY FIX: Nov 9, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 230: Any user can change interface media configurations.<br>
1.45 sthen 231: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/002_ifmedia.patch">
1.1 deraadt 232: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
233: <p>
1.27 henning 234: <li><a name="newsyslog"></a>
235: <font color="#009000"><strong>001: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 8, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 236: A race condition in newsyslog(8) can cause errors in log file rotation.<br>
1.45 sthen 237: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/common/001_newsyslog.patch">
1.1 deraadt 238: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
239: <p>
240: </ul>
241: <p>
1.27 henning 242: <a name="i386"></a>
243: <h3><font color="#e00000">i386</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 244: <ul>
245: <li>No problems identified yet.
246: </ul>
247: <p>
1.27 henning 248: <a name="mac68k"></a>
249: <h3><font color="#e00000">mac68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 250: <ul>
1.27 henning 251: <li><a name="m68k_locore"></a>
252: <a name="mac68k_locore"></a>
253: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 254: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 255: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 256: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
257: <p>
258: </ul>
259: <p>
1.27 henning 260: <a name="sparc"></a>
261: <h3><font color="#e00000">sparc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 262: <ul>
1.27 henning 263: <li><a name="eepromy2k"></a>
264: <font color="#009000"><strong>014: Y2K FIX: Jan 3, 2000</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 265: A minor problem; the sparc eeprom(8) command is not Y2K compliant.<br>
1.45 sthen 266: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/014_eepromy2k.patch">
1.1 deraadt 267: Revision 2 of the source code patch exists, which remedies this problem.</a>
268: <p>
1.27 henning 269: <li><a name="sparc_locore"></a>
270: <font color="#009000"><strong>004: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 271: The sparc kernel can be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 272: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/sparc/004_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 273: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
274: <p>
275: </ul>
276: <p>
1.27 henning 277: <a name="amiga"></a>
278: <h3><font color="#e00000">amiga</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 279: <ul>
1.27 henning 280: <li><a name="amiga_locore"></a>
281: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 282: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 283: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 284: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
285: <p>
286: </ul>
287: <p>
1.27 henning 288: <a name="pmax"></a>
289: <h3><font color="#e00000">pmax</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 290: <ul>
291: <li>No problems identified yet.
292: </ul>
293: <p>
1.27 henning 294: <a name="arc"></a>
295: <h3><font color="#e00000">arc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 296: <ul>
297: <li>No problems identified yet.
298: </ul>
299: <p>
1.27 henning 300: <a name="alpha"></a>
301: <h3><font color="#e00000">alpha</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 302: <ul>
1.27 henning 303: <li><a name="alpha_locore"></a>
304: <font color="#009000"><strong>006: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 13, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 305: The alpha kernel can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 306: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/alpha/006_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 307: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
308: <p>
309: </ul>
310: <p>
1.27 henning 311: <a name="hp300"></a>
312: <h3><font color="#e00000">hp300</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 313: <ul>
1.27 henning 314: <li><a name="hp300_locore"></a>
315: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 316: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 317: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 318: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
319: <p>
320: </ul>
321: <p>
1.27 henning 322: <a name="mvme68k"></a>
323: <h3><font color="#e00000">mvme68k</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 324: <ul>
1.27 henning 325: <li><a name="mvme68k_locore"></a>
326: <font color="#009000"><strong>007: RELIABILITY FIX: Nov 12, 1999</strong></font><br>
1.1 deraadt 327: All m68k kernels can possibly be crashed by a user.<br>
1.45 sthen 328: <a href="http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.6/m68k/007_locore.patch">
1.1 deraadt 329: A source code patch exists which remedies this problem.</a>
330: <p>
331: </ul>
332: <p>
1.27 henning 333: <a name="powerpc"></a>
334: <h3><font color="#e00000">powerpc</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 335: <ul>
336: <li>No problems identified yet.
337: </ul>
338: <br>
339:
340: <hr>
1.9 jason 341: <a href=stable.html>For OpenBSD patch branch information, please refer here.</a><br>
1.21 deraadt 342: <br>
1.22 deraadt 343: For errata on a certain release, click below:<br>
1.21 deraadt 344: <a href="errata21.html">2.1</a>,
345: <a href="errata22.html">2.2</a>,
346: <a href="errata23.html">2.3</a>,
347: <a href="errata24.html">2.4</a>,
348: <a href="errata25.html">2.5</a>,
349: <a href="errata27.html">2.7</a>,
350: <a href="errata28.html">2.8</a>,
351: <a href="errata29.html">2.9</a>,
352: <a href="errata30.html">3.0</a>,
353: <a href="errata31.html">3.1</a>,
1.25 deraadt 354: <a href="errata32.html">3.2</a>,
1.26 david 355: <a href="errata33.html">3.3</a>,
1.30 david 356: <a href="errata34.html">3.4</a>,
1.31 miod 357: <a href="errata35.html">3.5</a>,
1.32 deraadt 358: <a href="errata36.html">3.6</a>,
1.40 deraadt 359: <br>
1.33 deraadt 360: <a href="errata37.html">3.7</a>,
1.34 deraadt 361: <a href="errata38.html">3.8</a>,
1.35 deraadt 362: <a href="errata39.html">3.9</a>,
1.36 deraadt 363: <a href="errata40.html">4.0</a>,
1.38 merdely 364: <a href="errata41.html">4.1</a>,
1.39 deraadt 365: <a href="errata42.html">4.2</a>,
1.40 deraadt 366: <a href="errata43.html">4.3</a>,
1.42 deraadt 367: <a href="errata44.html">4.4</a>,
1.43 deraadt 368: <a href="errata45.html">4.5</a>,
1.44 deraadt 369: <a href="errata46.html">4.6</a>,
1.46 deraadt 370: <a href="errata47.html">4.7</a>,
1.47 miod 371: <a href="errata48.html">4.8</a>,
1.48 ! nick 372: <a href="errata49.html">4.9</a>,
! 373: <a href="errata50.html">5.0</a>.
1.21 deraadt 374: <br>
375:
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